SOLUTION: 1. If 2/3 of employees of a company are women and 1/4 of the remaining employees are married and the rest are 9 bachelors. What is the total number of employees?
2. How would y
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Question 347044: 1. If 2/3 of employees of a company are women and 1/4 of the remaining employees are married and the rest are 9 bachelors. What is the total number of employees?
2. How would you divide $40 between two student in the ratio of 3 is to 5?
3. Ice placed in an ice box 15% of its weight before being used. How many tons of ice must be placed in an ice boxes so as to have 850 tons for use?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the total number of employees.
2x/3 + (x/3 * 1/4) + 9 = x
2x/3 + x/12 + 9 = x
8x+x+108=12x multiply each side by 12.
-3x=-108
x=36
.
Ed
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